Sony Interactive Entertainment bags in a deal to acquire the original maker of Halo “Bungie”. The studio is also known for developing Destiny. This deals comes after a while from the announcement of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard. And now Sony buys Bungie for $3.6 billion deal. The news about this acquisition is made through their respective blogs and twitter.
Though a deal has been made between Bungie and Sony, Bungie will be making its games for all the platforms. The CEO of Bungie mentioned that it will “continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games”. The main reason for this deal to happen is because of the what SIE (Sony Interactive Entertainment) is offering. The heart of SIE and Bungie is mostly similar of making games with the independence.
Bungie has limitless potential to unite friends around the world.
We have found a partner in PlayStation that shares our dream and is committed to accelerating our creative vision of building generation-spanning entertainment.
Our journey begins today.https://t.co/PLuVn48zdy pic.twitter.com/kAhRbAg3vD
— Bungie (@Bungie) January 31, 2022
As most have been thinking Bungie has made it clear that the games will not be PlayStation exclusive in the future. The company is committed in making games for all the platforms and will continue to make and support. The developers of Bungie will be sitting together with Sony developers under one roof. The companies will be sharing their resources in order to create better games and community as they have been doing.
“We are excited to make plans to share skills and expertise, and to unlock the potential in having the brilliant minds at Bungie under the PlayStation roof.” – Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios
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